This is a video of a small flashmob performing Nirvana’s 1991 banger of bangers ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ at a European railway station. Obviously, the woman who requests the song at the beginning is in on the mob, but the rest of the travelers at the station were not. As
This is a video of a custom nine-neck guitar produced by the Fender Custom Shop being played by three musicians simultaneously to perform Nena’s ’99 Luftballons’, with one guitarist sitting, one standing, and one standing on a chair. Granted, they each only play a single neck, so it’s unclear why
This is a video of The Juilliard School small ensemble professor and jazz drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. (previously seen playing Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’ on drums after hearing it once) and his band Generation Y performing its own rendition of Nirvana’s ‘Heart Shaped Box’ after listening to it for the first
This is a video of guitarist Andrea Chiarini demonstrating how to play the guitar with a fishing reel. Just attach the reel to your instrument, and, one giant skull tattoo on the top of your head later, you just reel and fret! *reeling* I think I’ve got a big one!
These are two slow-motion videos of a cymbal’s vibration of the pins in a pin art toy after it’s been struck. Man, pin art toys used to be EVERYWHERE in the 90’s. But mostly at Spencer’s. People wouldn’t hesitate to pick one up off the shelf and push their face
This is a video from a 40 Fingers concert of the band’s four guitarists performing the Star Wars theme and Imperial March on their instruments. 40 Fingers “specializes in fingerpicking technique, performing a diverse repertoire of original pieces and covers.” That’s cool, but do you think they’d change their name
This is a video of US Army Band tromboner trombonist and CrossFit trainer Sam Woodhead (my head is recycled plastic) playing the trombone while performing some of his favorite exercises. That’s a deep squat. The last time I squatted that deep I didn’t get back up and I live at
This is a video of bagpiper Ally The Piper performing the the tastiest part of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme on her instrument as part of her ongoing series, Does It Bagpipe? I would say that, yes, this definitely pipes. The pipes in my bathroom? They are clearly not